Executive Briefings | March 22, 2012
“Managed Behavioral Care” Evolves
The models for applying managed care principles to the financing and delivery of mental health and addiction treatment services have been through thirty years of evolution. There have been many incarnations of care management for behavioral health – from the initial models imbedded in staff model health plans to the evolution of the specialty managed behavioral health organizations (MBHOs).
One of the frequent questions I'm asked is, will managed behavioral health programs soon be extinct? With the advent of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and medical homes and the focus on integrated care, are those programs pass . . .